Technical Programme Manager (Cloud Migration)

London, England, United Kingdom

4/9/2025

Role: Technical Programme Manager (Cloud Migration)

Location: London / Hybrid (2 days per week in the office)

Reporting to: Head of Programmes & Analysis

The Role

At Rightmove we are undertaking an ambitious programme of change, upgrading infrastructure, onboarding new tooling and capabilities, expanding existing areas of the business as well as exploring green field initiatives.

We work in semi-autonomous cross-functional teams using Agile processes. Each team owns a part of the Rightmove experience and is made up of design, product, engineering and testing specialists. However, where an initiative spans multiple teams and is high in complexity, we require someone to manage the bigger picture. This is where our programme managers come in. Their job is to be ensure all of the local efforts are co-ordinated to achieve the desired business outcomes.

The first assignment for the person who takes this role will be to take the reins of a large-scale cloud migration programme.

What you'll be doing

• Manage complex programmes ensuring alignment, collaboration, and effective delivery across all involved stakeholders
• Create and maintain programme plans, ensuring that dependencies between initiatives are well understood
• Ensure scope is managed effectively and programmes stay focused on agreed goals and outcomes
• Establish and maintain effective governance and status reporting without disrupting Agile practices.
• Manage stakeholder relationships and take responsibility for programme communication
• Proactively identify and manage risks, issues, and blockers and ensure risk mitigation activities are undertaken
• Where required, agree and co-ordinate business change activity to ensure that affected stakeholders aren’t adversely affected by any programme-led changes
• Where required, track project costs and manage procurement activity
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and lead retros to identify actionable improvements to our ways of working
• Play a role in managing your programme teams, helping resolve conflicts, motivating staff and keeping an eye on staff well-being
• Where required, be flexible to drop-down a level of detail and manage individual initiatives
• Contribute to defining and improving internal ways of working across programme and project management, change management, and agile delivery management
  
  

We’re looking for someone who

• Is highly organised
• is flexible and adaptable
• Has strong attention to detail
• Is results-orientated and can be trusted to get things done
• Has great written and oral communication skills
• Is endlessly curious with a passion for learning
• Is emotionally intelligent
  
  

What you'll bring to the role

Essential

• Repeated experience of managing large-scale programmes, preferably in a product-led environment
• Must have managed at least one major cloud migration programme and understand the key challenges associated with such programmes
• Strong technical knowledge to understand technology architectures, technical dependencies and to work effectively with engineers and architects
• Strong working knowledge of agile methodologies, agile at scale and more traditional programme management practices
• Demonstrated ability to lead without direct authority, influencing diverse teams with varying priorities.
  
  

Ideally

• Past experience of hands-on roles within tech teams such as engineer, architect, QA, etc
  
  

About Rightmove

Our vision is to give everyone the belief they can make their move. We aim to make moving simpler, by giving everyone the best place to turn to and return to for access to the tools, expertise, trust and belief to make it happen.

We're home to the UK's largest choice of properties, and are the go-to destination for millions of people planning their next move, reading the latest industry news, or just browsing what's on the market.

Despite this growth, we’ve remained a friendly, supportive place to work, with employee #1 still working here! We’ve done this by placing the Rightmove Hows at the heart of everything we do. These are the essential values that reflect our culture, and include:

• Be approachable and appreciate what others do
• Make complex things as simple as possible
• Build great teams, because Rightmove is people
• Drive improvement, we can always be better
• Share early, honestly and often
  
  

We believe in careers that open doors, and help our team develop by providing an open and inclusive work environment, offering ongoing training opportunities, and supporting charity fundraising events. And with 88% of Rightmovers saying we’re a great place to work, we’re clearly doing something right!

If all this has caught your eye, you may well be a Rightmover in the making...

People are the foundation of Rightmove - We’ll help you build a career on it.

What we offer

• Cash plan for dental, optical and physio treatments
• Private Medical Insurance, Pension and Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Plan
• 27 days holiday plus two (paid) volunteering days a year to give back, and holiday buy schemes
• Hybrid working pattern with 2 days in office
• Contributory stakeholder pension
• Life assurance at 4x your basic salary to a spouse, family member or other nominated person in your life
• Competitive compensation package
• Paid leave for maternity, paternity, adoption & fertility
• Travel Loans, Bike to Work scheme, Rental Deposit Loan
• Charitable contributions through Payroll Giving and donation matching
• Access deals and discounts on things like travel, electronics, fashion, gym memberships, cinema discounts and more
  
  

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, Rightmove will never discriminate on the basis of age, disability, sex, race, religion or belief, gender reassignment, marriage/civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, or sexual orientation. At Rightmove, we believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce leads to better innovation, productivity, and overall success. We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all employees, regardless of their background or identity, to develop and promote a diverse culture that reflects the communities we serve.

Ultimately, we care much more about the person you are and how you think and approach things, than a list of qualifications and buzzwords on a CV. Even if you can’t say ‘yes’ to all the above, but are smart, self-motivated and passionate, then get in touch.